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Butch Warren
American musician
1
Miles Davis Quintet
American jazz quintet led by Miles Davis
2
Dave Holland
British musician
3
Kenny Dorham
American jazz trumpeter, singer, and composer
4
Don Sleet
American musician
5
Coleman Hawkins
American jazz saxophonist
6
Hank Mobley
American saxophonist
7
Gene Ammons
American jazz tenor saxophonist
8
Oscar Pettiford
American musician
9
Renee Rosnes
Canadian pianist
10
Jimmy Cobb
American jazz drummer
11
Johnny Griffin
American musician
12
Lester Young
American jazz tenor saxophonist and sometimes clarinetist
13
Wayne Shorter
American jazz saxophonist and composer
14
Art Blakey
American jazz drummer and bandleader
15
Roy Hargrove
American jazz trumpeter
16
Sonny Stitt
American jazz saxophonist
17
Horace Silver
American jazz pianist and composer (1928–2014)
18
Zoot Sims
American jazz saxophonist
19
Bobby Hutcherson
American jazz vibraphone and marimba player
20
Eddie Henderson
American musician
21
Max Roach
American jazz percussionist, drummer, and composer
22
The Jazz Messengers
American jazz band
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Idrees Sulieman
American musician
24
Buster Williams
American musician
25
The Crusaders
American jazz fusion group
26
Charlie Christian
American swing and jazz guitarist
27
Ben Webster
American saxophonist
28
J. R. Monterose
American musician
29
Joe Sample
American pianist
30
Charles Davis
American musician
31
Ernie Henry
American musician
32
Ronnie Mathews
American musician
33
Curtis Fuller
American jazz musician
34
Louis Hayes
American drummer
35
Dexter Gordon
American jazz tenor saxophonist
36
Steve Kuhn
American pianist
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Herbie Hancock
American pianist, keyboardist, bandleader, composer and actor
38
Plas Johnson
American musician
39
Leroy Vinnegar
American bassist
40
Al Cohn
American saxophonist
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Jimmy Heath
American jazz saxophonist, composer, arranger and big band leader
42
Budd Johnson
American musician
43
Mal Waldron
American jazz pianist and composer
44
Tom Harrell
American composer, arranger, jazz trumpeter and flugelhornist
45
Wardell Gray
American musician
